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Lot 116
Sale 5036 - English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 8, 2013
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$800
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Fine French hand-painted calfskin, paper and abalone fan late 19th century, duvelleroy
Painted on one side to show a Pre-Raphaelite betrothel scene, signed "Albert apres ?Capanel", within a border of gilt leaves and scrolls, the reverse with a finely painted cartouche in blue, incorporating a pair of muses flanking the monogram MAC, also signed in gilt "Duvelleroy London", the dark abalone guards engraved in gilt to show foliate scrolls, in original silk lined leather case.
L: 11 3/4 in. (closed)